**Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email** Dear Colleagues, In honour of Maxime Crochemore's 80th birthday (October 2027) we will be co-editing a special issue of the Theoretical Computer Science (TCS) journal. Maxime is the author of numerous results that have inspired many others in the field of combinatorial pattern matching. Please visit the CFP: https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/333970/special-issue-in-honour-of-maxime-crochemore-80th-s-birthday We invite you to consider submitting a high-quality manuscript for this special edition. Manuscript submission information: Authors should submit their manuscripts to the Theoretical Computer Science Editorial System (EM) at Submission site for Theoretical Computer Science, and select " VSI: Honoring Maxime Crochemore” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. Final Manuscript Submission Deadline: 15th December 2026 Kind regards Golnaz Badkobeh, City St George’s University of London, UK Thierry Lecroq, University of Rouen Normandy, France -- Thierry Lecroq, http://monge.univ-mlv.fr/~lecroq, LITIS EA 4108, CURIB, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Univ. de Rouen Normandie F-76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex,Tel: +33 2 3514 6013 ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************